Facedrink gives you 'social energy'

Are those so-called 'social skills' starting to wear thin? Losing your friend-making energy in life? Well maybe you should try Facedrink: the energy drink with social strat...and a pretty big lawsuit on it's tail if the clearly aped social network has anything to do with it.

For the 75ml of tropical-flavoured energy beverage drank, you're guaranteed a shot of "social energy," giving you the true "taste of friendship." Simply put, it's probably packed to the ever constrained gills with taurine. Going for $18 (about £11.50) for a six-pack on Amazon, we recommend you get in there fast as people will be looking for new friends via a magical drink.

But, lets be honest, want friends? Facebook and the social graph are probably the wrong place to look.

Does Facebook filter what views and opinions you see on your news feed? In a study conducted by the social network, it turns out you've only got yourself to blame for not having enough friends with diverse beliefs.

'Take this lollipop' and realise what people can find out about you on Facebook

The words 'Facebook' and 'Privacy' cancel each other out, regardless of the myriad of Privacy controls the social network shows to you.

The fundamentals of the service are based around sharing information about you, and no string of content controlling options can stop that data getting out. If anything, they're adding a glaze to this bleak reality by adding the Timeline functionality.

Editorial: Google+ is not a social media game changer

Google+ has an obvious advantage in search results, presents unique opportunities for brands and is backed by deep pockets, he argues. And all of these factors make it a social media platform that will stick around in a big way.

In respects, his argument for the social network succeeding make sense. Comparing it to Facebook at such an early stage in development is the equivalent of comparing the aforementioned to Myspace back in 2006: it's still rather early days, and has a lot of changes to undergo. But in it's current state, Brogan pointed out the crucial flaw with Google+ through via one of his points deemed as a positive.

Lego has its own social network

Presenting ReBrick, a social network for an audience spanning from the Lego connoisseur to the individual remeniscing about their childhood bedroom floors full of colourful constructions. Quite literally, it's a Lego social network.

Facebook Takes Clickjacking Suspect To Court

Ever clicked on a Facebook link and found it shared to your profile, projected to your reems of friends without your prior permission to share said link? Clickjacking has been a rather nasty thorn in the sides of many-a-user of the social network, and Facebook aren't going to take it anymore, as they take Washington-based marketing company Adscend Media to court over accusations of unwanted spam-causing practice.